Russian Marines Battle ISIS In Syria, IS Possesses ?Satellite Imagery? Of Base
 

As the conflict in Syria continues to escalate, it has been reported by Russian media that Russian Marines stationed at an airbase in Latakia have now engaged ISIS fighters in direct combat.

According to Russian news website, Segodnia, ISIS militants attempted to ambush the Russian soldiers stationed at the base but were fought off by the Russian marines, with a number of ISIS fighters being killed and some captured.

Russian military activity has been increasing at the airbase near Latakia over recent days with the arrival of new and advanced Russian fighter jets, according to reports.

Combat between Russian forces and ISIS militants marks a drastic increase in the level of conflict in Syria, adding an even greater international aspect to it as well. With Russia now openly providing the Assad government with missiles, missile defense systems, advisers, helicopters, satellite imagery, and fighter jets (particularly those being flown by Russian pilots), the Russians now stand directly in opposition to the United States pilots, jet fighters, and special forces operatives on the ground in Syria supporting the death squads (even if the official U.S. line is publicly opposed to ISIS and supportive of ?moderate? cannibals).

Thus, we now have the growing potential for direct military confrontation between the two major world powers, both of them armed with nuclear weapons.

The United States has supported terrorists in Syria since the very beginning of the conflict while the Russians have provided tangential but growing support for the secular government of Bashar al-Assad.

Continued Report: Russian Marines Battle ISIS In Syria, IS Possesses "Satellite Imagery" Of Base

Hope the Russians slaughter them.

Not sure what the issue is here. Syria has always been in the Russian sphere of influence, and it's long over due that Russia actively supports them - with their military.

We seem to have two options here.... Allow Assad to remain in power, or let ISIS take over. Assad is not a great option, but it seems much better than ISIS. There is no third option; There is no "moderate democratic Muslim" group that we can work with and would want to see running the country. The United States - as well as the rest of the world - needs to understand that we cannot pick and choose who we want to run a country, and sometimes we'll have to take what we can get.

If it is true, the Russian ground forces may have just walked into a trap:2 cents:

Not a trap when you know what you're getting into.

They have been setting up as a "defense" basis, but that's BS. They built up way too much equipment, way too fast, for it to be a simple defense situation.

What you do is get set up and wait to be attacked. Then use that attack as a basis to expand your set up and go in to complete the mission that you really had in mind.

Effectively, Russia is the one that set the trap with ISIS. Russia is not trying to win favor with the world. They will go in and do whatever they think is right to solve the issue, regardless of what foreign ministers cry about the atrocities.

Expect a more active mission from Russia in the coming days. They got what they came for.

Suggest the Russians burn the place to the ground it works best...

That article is so full of shit. Gotta love the last line about US has been supporting terrorists.. Talk about worthless propaganda..

Meanwhile Assad has been dropping barrels of tnt onto civilians and killing more of his own population than ISIS has..

Russia supports a terrorist dictator and morons here act as if Putin is the baby jesus reborn..

Anyway who the fuck even cares just send the refugee's stright to Russia and then we solve 2 problems.. one less fucked up shit hole in the middle east that the US doesn't have to mess with.

thanks obama!

What's interesting is everything that is happening now, is what Obama said would happen if we DID get involved a few years back. I'm not judging him on this, it likely would have happened either way, but there is some irony.

Additional irony is that we are now getting blamed for doing nothing. Whereas in places we did something, we got blamed there, too!

Yes, but now it's Russia's problem not ours. See Obama did good..

And what do you think the USA drops from their bombers ...??? Flowers... Skittles ???
How many iraquis civilians you guys killed ???

and ....
.. wouldn`t be the first time you side with terrorists :2 cents:

Of all the possibilities, your first assumption is that the United States gave ISIS satellite imagery of the Russian military base.

You are such an unbiased, progressive, freethinking individual.

Well, how about other culprits ... Tell me who has spy satellites and who has an interest in doing that ...

Remember you guys arming, traioning, supporting the fedayeens in Afghanistan ... they were terrrorists and proved it later on .

That is not so impossible...
My enemy's enemy is my friend.

Subterfuge and skulduggery is power-play politic in the ME :2 cents:

Russian marines and paratroopers are the most elite branches. Those guys don't fuck around.

you don't need "spy satellites", there are private satellite imagery companies, you pay a few bucks and they send you images... exactly how for example google maps obtains them...

Something may be in the wind?

Russia in Syria and Netanyahu in Moscow*|*Dr. Josef Olmert

you couldn't be more wrong. BO's lack of foreign policy is what led to his ambivalence in Syria. finally, after much prodding, he sides with the anti-assad forces and sends a bit of help. now IS is there, Ruskies are there and the civil war is there, leaving BO in a quandary, does he flip-flop on the support for the people of Syria now? the only reason putin is there is because BO left the door open in the chess match, putie knows BO will either have to cling to his half-assed help to the uprising or partner up with putie to defeat IS or GTFO and leave those syrian people to be wiped out by assad. that's world diplomacy and international intrigue at a level far beyond where BO is capable of operating.

i know you're going to spin that into a republican something or other, but the fact is BO has done some good things (mostly domestically), I voted for him both times, but he royally fucked up in syria and putie knows it.

I can easily see how will Putin turn from villain into a savior in many peoples eyes when he fixes Syria..

All over damn oil and muney!

yup. or, barry is right and it is a trap.

seems to be a rather quickly organized assault that came with good intel.

things will really heat up of ISIS take any Russians hostage

Deaths squads and moderate cannibals? Could this be translated to military language instead of some.. well.. what ever that is.

The Russian military ''assistance'' is not to defeat ISIS -- don't be naive -- Russian military ''assistance'' is to assist the Assad government to keep the part of Syria that it still controls -- and to protect the Russian port and military base interests that are threatened -- to maintain the status quo militarily in the ME.

From the Israeli point-of-view; a stable but hostile Assad government is preferable to ISIS and rebel anarchy on its Golan Heights border as well as less hostile Iranian operations that supposedly are only to prop up the Assad government. You will notice Hezbollah's withdraw yesterday? hmmm ...

I don't know if the Putin-Netanyahu talks in Moscow had anything to do with that or what's happening is just coincidental. On the surface it seems some deal is being made -- by who and what of I have no idea.

Satellite image shows four Russian Su-30SM parked in the open air at airfield in Syria

Maybe ISIS got the satellite imagery on the Internet :P

... and the internet got it from ????? Paul Markham ????

look at the photo credit?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPTc1kwWUAASTZm.png:large


It's this company:
Imagery Products | GeoNorth

Read the article ... and its links?
http://theaviationist.com/2015/09/11...idge-to-syria/
http://theaviationist.com/2015/08/24...er-syria-iraq/

Does ISIS get better results with a premium account?
aircraft list - Flightradar24

Do you think no one can hack into commercial satellites?
Do you think no one can hack into military satellites?

Airbus Defence and Space : Geo-Intelligence - Satellite Imagery & Maps, Geospatial Services, Geoinformation Products, Elevation data & 3D

Is it really that easy? LOL

Real time Google Maps? :upsidedow
How do they transmit AWACs data?
Sure it is not possible to crack that data's encryption?
You don't think any intel agency world-wide is actively trying to?

So it isn't? The imaginary world of the box you are living in amazes me just more and more :thumbsup

Who cares what he does inside of his country? The States are dropping tons of TNT, Napalm and even nukes on civilians during almost a century. How many US presidents were punished for their war crimes? Stop looking at Assad or someone else, go to a mirror and look at it.

Don't try to rewrite history to fit your agenda.. iS was in Syria since Bush was president. They are the guys Bush was paying "not" to fight in Iraq. They took the money and went to Syria.. When Obama stopped the payments they came back to Iraq.

There was a very good reason why Obama, didn't give the rebels in Syria much of anything.. It because there was no way to keep it out of the hands of IS.

I guess that they haven't heard about camouflage.

Just like it was in Afghanistan, Bosnia,Kosovo,Libya. Incredible that there people who are still denying it...incredible

I don't think that anyone denies US supporting Mujahideens in Afghanistan.. back in the days.

You make up shit like isis was in Syria, Bush was paying them, BO stopped that and also ignored Syria because the help would get funneled to IS and then exclaim I'm rewriting history.


What planet are you parked on this week?

You couldn't find 1 single link to back any of that nonsense up. But I had already called you on your needing to spin my comment.